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Why Ugandan businesses must go beyond transactions and care about customer well-being

Why Ugandan businesses must go beyond transactions and care about customer well-being

Business executives must remember that customers are human beings navigating the same economic stormsCOMMENT | SIMON DDEMBE | The year 2025 has tested the resilience of many Ugandans. Business activity has remained sluggish, household incomes continue to shrink, and countless families are

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Ntungamo HR Officer Interdicted Again Over Irregular Payroll Reinstatements

Ntungamo HR Officer Interdicted Again Over Irregular Payroll Reinstatements

In a letter dated October 24, 2025, the Ntungamo Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Fidelis Kiiza, directed Muhirwe to hand over office to Human Resource Officer Naboth Ayebazibwe by October 27.The Principal Human Resource Officer of Ntungamo District, Jennifer Muhirwe, has been interdict

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The price of gold is skyrocketing

The price of gold is skyrocketing

Why speed of the upswing has been much faster than analysts predicted and why the rally is likely to continue?COMMENT | LUKE HARTIGAN | The price of gold surged above US$4,100 (Approx. Shs14 million) an ounce (Approx.28g) on Oct.15 for the first time, taking this year’s extraordinary ral

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MTN MoMo and Partners Launch Nationwide Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign

MTN MoMo and Partners Launch Nationwide Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign

MTN Mobile Money (U) Ltd (MTN MoMo) and partners have launched a nationwide cybersecurity awareness campaign under the theme “Securing the Future: The Rise of AI” to educate customers on safe digital practices amid rising cyber threats.Speaking at a p

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UEDCL Gains Over 640,000 New Connections in Six Months

UEDCL Gains Over 640,000 New Connections in Six Months

(L-R) Benson Turamye, Executive Director of Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), Patrick Birungi, Executive Director Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) and Paul Mwesigwa, Managing Director Uganda Electricity Distribution Company L

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Stop Intimidating Striking Teachers- LoP Ssenyonyi Warns Govt

Stop Intimidating Striking Teachers- LoP Ssenyonyi Warns Govt

The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has urged government officials to stop threatening to arrest humanities teachers who are currently staging a sit-down strike.Teachers of humanities in parts of the country have downed tools over what they say is salary discrepancies.This

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Two Siblings Drown in Swamp During Mudfish Fishing Trip

Two Siblings Drown in Swamp During Mudfish Fishing Trip

Residents of Mengo–Buzzu Village in Mpunge Sub-county, Mukono District, are mourning after two brothers drowned on Saturday morning while fishing for mudfish.One of the bodies is still missing but he is presumed drowned.The deceased were identified as Jovan Ssali, 15, a Senior Thr

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“Stay Home and Lead, Don’t Cry to Whites” – Gen. Nalweyiso’s Advice to Bobi Wine

“Stay Home and Lead, Don’t Cry to Whites” – Gen. Nalweyiso’s Advice to Bobi Wine

Kampala – Senior Presidential Advisor on Defense and Security, Lt. Gen. Proscovia Nalweyiso, has taken a swipe at opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine, accusing him of being quick to seek sympathy from the West instead of leading his st

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Ugandan doctors slam Makerere researchers’ diabetes claims as ‘fake and dangerous’

Ugandan doctors slam Makerere researchers’ diabetes claims as ‘fake and dangerous’

Medical experts accuse New Vision of peddling “alarmist and unscientific” misinformation about local staple foods like matooke and kaloKAMPALA, Uganda — Leading Ugandan doctors have launched a scathing rebuttal against

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Digital Distraction: How Screen Time Is Undermining Childhood Development

Digital Distraction: How Screen Time Is Undermining Childhood Development

Excessive screen time, particularly passive television watching, is reducing children’s attention spans and impairing their social learning, health experts warn.Prof. Charles Ibingira, former Principal of Makerere University College of Health Sciences and senior researcher in the Departm

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